IIRO medical camp performs 500 cataract surgeries in Nigeria

March 18, 2014

The Jeddah-based International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO), an affiliate of the Muslim World League (MWL), recently carried out a medical campaign to remove cataracts in Nigeria. IIRO Acting Secretary General Ihsan bin Saleh Tayyib reported that his organization set up a five-day medical camp, during which a team of Saudi doctors, nurses and technicians performed the eye operations. Approximately 500 patients were treated.